To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...

and thus have the potential to provide scientists with a window into the formation of our solar system. Donaldjohanson is a medium-sized asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

A hydrothermal system near the coast of Mexico, caused by the same asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs, lasted 700,000 years after the impact, according to an April 8 international study ...

This unexpected geological complexity offers insights into the early solar system. Although not a primary target ... most of the remainder of 2025 travelling through the main asteroid belt. Lucy will ...

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Donaldjohanson is one of three asteroids in the solar system’s main asteroid belt that Lucy plans to fly by in addition to the Trojan asteroids it has yet to observe. Lucy’s first asteroid ...